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Archive for Октябрь, 2009

Let's hope you never have to get        soapy water—as mentioned
spray paint off your car, but on        above, if the paint is still damp
the off chance that you                 from the dew, you're in luck. If
do—perhaps after somebody         soapy water doesn't do the trick?
had a little too much fun on            You can move up to using Mequiar's
Devil's Night—this guide          Clay, a clay used by body shops
will help.                              and car detailers to pull things   

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We’re huge fans of                myself plenty of time to bargain-
ubiquitous capture—recording      hunt for that specific item,
everything that comes to mind when      enabling me to get that person a
it comes to mind—as a method      gift they’d really like for
of getting organised and keeping        the lowest possible price for me.
things from slipping through the        A perfect example of this in
cracks. Turns out it’s also       action: I was having dinner with a 

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Readers offer their best tips for       remove’ for media like USB
backing up Google Calendar in two       drives, SD cards, etc. Vista had
clicks and easily ejecting              two separate options, and XP
removable media in Windows 7.           didn’t have any context menu
About the Tips Box: Every day we        option to ’safely
receive boatloads of great reader       remove’ media!               

tips in our inbox, but for various      Creating a Shortcut to Sync Google 

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Streaming video, digital DVD            through his XMBC add-on guide.
backups, DVR                            Rip DVDs the easy way              

recording—it’s all          Rather than find out halfway
possible from your TV-connected         through the final disc of
media centre, and you don’t       Terminator: The Sarah Connor
need a system administrator to          Chronicles that your disc is
pull it off. These apps make            scratched beyond repair, you could 

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We're huge fans of ubiquitous           like to receive. If I note that
capture—recording everything      idea immediately, I can often give
that comes to mind when it comes        myself plenty of time to bargain-
to mind—as a method of            hunt for that specific item,
getting organized and keeping           enabling me to get that person a
things from slipping through the        gift they'd really like for the
cracks. Turns out it's also great       lowest possible price for me.      

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If you're looking for a better way      find photos across a multitude of
to quickly find royalty-free stock      sites, you can also sign up for a
images, Cyclo.ps makes searching        free account with Cyclo.ps and
multiple photo sites a breeze.          save images from your search
Cyclo.ps let's you search a large       results to your Cyclo.ps account
number of stock photo sites in a        for future review. An account also
single swoop. You can search            enables tagging and thumbnail      

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One of the great things about           radioactive waste, and emerges
digital television is also one of       again, ready to reach havoc on the
the not-so-great things. When you       world. Well, all except for that
get the signal, it's crystal clear.     last part. This massive build,
When you've a weak connection,          based on the Gray-Hoverman model,
you're out of luck. Boost your          can pick up signals from around 60
reception with this monster             miles away, making it suitable for 

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If you loved Readability, the           text, of course. One of the nifty
previously reviewed bookmarklet         features is that Readability2
that cuts the extras out of sites       keeps all the markup code in the
for easy reading, but wanted an         body of the article, which makes
even more minimalist experience,        for easy cutting and pasting.
you'll definitely want to try out       Check out Readability2 by visiting
Readability2.                           the link below and dragging the    

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You want somewhere to hang your         it to your heart's
various sets of keys, but the           content—in fact, a little
generic plastic and metal monsters      fabric and batting would make the
at the hardware store make you          whole affair fit for the key to
cringe. Time to build your own!         the city. The DIY Ideas has the
This DIY key holder is quick            how-to details on building a
simple to make. Take a shadow box       suitable stash for your keys.      

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Mac only: If you’re looking       After spending many months in beta,
for a lighter weight alternative        Camino 2.0 is finally in release
to Firefox or Safari, you               candidate stage, and it comes with
can’t go wrong with Camino,       lots of improvements.
Mozilla’s native Mac browser.     Camino’s had built-in pop-up
The new version includes built-in       and ad blocking for awhile, but
Flash blocking, Safe Browsing, and      with 2.0 they’ve added Flash 

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